Groby
- The 1851 Census for Leicestershire has been indexed by the Leicestershire & Rutland Family History Society. The whole index is available on microfiche. The society has also published it in print.
- The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
Census
Year |
Piece No. |
| 1861 |
R.G. 9 / 2266 |
| 1891 |
R.G. 12 / 2507 |
- The church dates from 1840 and stands on the site of Groby Castle. It was erected as a chapel of ease.
- A new chancel for the church was built in 1912.
- The church seats 800.
- There is a United Reformed Church in Grooby.
- The Congregationaists built a chapel here in 1858.
- The parish was in the Market Bosworth Registration District from 1896 to 1974.
This village and parish lie just 5 miles north-west of the city of Leicester. The parish covers about 2,074 acres.
The southern side of the village is dominated by new housing estates, but the old village centre still retains some character. No remains are left of Groby Castle, other than a slight rise in ground to the East of the main church building. If you are planning a visit:
- By automobile, take the M1 Motorway to the A50 trunk road north of Leicester. The village is on the A50.
- The parish had rail service in 1912, but only for freight.
- The village has its own website with local news and events.
- There were granite and slate quarries here in the 1800s.
- Bradgate House was the property of Mrs. Katherine H. V. GREY in 1912. It was built in 1856.
- The national grid reference is SP 7489.
- You'll want an Ordnance Survey Explorer map, which has a scale of 2.5 inches to the mile.
- See our Maps page for additional resources.
- The name Groby is from the Old Scandanavian grub+by, meaning "pit or mine hamlet".
A. D. Mills, "A Dictionary of English Place-Names," Oxford University Press, 1991.
- The name is pronounced "GROO-bi".
- The parish was in the ancient Sparkenhoe Hundred of the mid section of the county.
- The parish council meets at Village Hall on Leicester Road.
- The parish coucil has a website at: Groby Council. There is no family history information at the site.
- As a result of the Poor Law Amendment Act reforms of 1834, the parish became part of the Market Bosworth Poorlaw Union.
- Bastardy cases would be heard at the Leicester petty session hearings.
| Year |
Inhabitants |
| 1891 |
849 |
| 1901 |
928 |
| 1921 |
887 |
| 1931 |
1,122 |
| 1951 |
1,929 |
| 1961 |
3,035 |
| 1971 |
4,333 |
- A Public Elementary School was built here in 1873 to hold 123 children.
This parish page was developed by Louis R. Mills.
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[Last updated: 18-November-2011 - Louis R. Mills]
